Why Aluminium?
Aluminium is a unique metal: strong, durable, flexible, impermeable, lightweight, corrosion-resistant and is 100 percent recyclable.
Aluminium casting enjoys the advantage of being produced to near net shape, maximising the metal yield whilst minimising waste and further machining.
Aluminium has become the world's second most used metal after steel. Annual primary production of aluminium in 2006 was around 34 million tonnes with recycled production of about 16 million tonnes.
Aluminium is a unique metal; strong, durable, flexible, impermeable and light-weight, it does not rust and is 100 percent recyclable. It comes in a variety of surface finishes and can take many forms, allowing its use in a vast array of products.
Nearly three-quarters of all aluminium ever made remains in use today, representing a growing ‘energy and resource bank’, and the metal can be reused endlessly.
Aluminium has a low melting temperature and is therefore able to be recycled with comparatively little energy. The energy required to produce a recycled ingot from scrap is only about 5% of that required to produce primary aluminium.